Bill Cosby Faces Multiple Civil Lawsuits Over Sexual Assault Claims
Former Hollywood actor and comedian Bill Cosby is back inside the courtroom, this time over claims he sexually assaulted a person considered to be a minor in California. The former celebrity was released from a federal prison last year...
“The Most Culturally Diverse Federal Election Ever”: Interview With Politics in Colour’s Kat Henaway
As Australians headed to the ballot box last Saturday, the BBC ran an article headlined, Why Is Australia’s Parliament so White? The piece pointed out that despite our nation being one of the most multicultural in the world, 96 percent of...
NSW Police Claim Victory in the War on Drugs
Eighteen men aged between 19 and 39 are appearing in courts across Sydney’s West and South-West today after being arrested in coordinated police raids. Police have described the men as ‘low to mid ranking’ members of a dial-a-dealer drug network...
Albanese Could Bring an End to Coalition’s Political Prosecutions
The ongoing authoritarian creep witnessed under the Morrison government was ultimately rejected at the polling booths last weekend. Indeed, the shift away from both major parties has made it clear that the trajectory the nation was on isn’t the favoured...
Losing Politicians Set to Receive Millions in ‘Resettlement’ Payouts
The “stating the bleeding obvious” award this week goes to New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet who publicly declared to the mainstream media that the ‘major political parties have lost voters’ trust.’ Mr Perrottet made the remark in the wake...
Exploitation of Migrant Workers Set to Increase
Natural disasters, the Covid-19 pandemic and a federal election may have knocked the exploitation of international students and temporary visa holders off the front pages of the newspapers, but it remains a significant issue in Australia - and a hidden...
Australia Has Spoken: Greenslides, Triumphant Independents and Far-Right Rejection
Whether Labor takes the majority or remains minority, the Australian public has broken the bipartisan line with the results of this election. The duopoly that has been the old white boys club shifting laws around to favour fossil fuel corporates...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 16 to 22 May 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: COVID Restrictions Have Eased, But the Impact on Mental Health Continues There has been a 25% increase in the reporting of mental health issues despite...
Governments Benefit From Drug Prohibition to the Detriment of Public Health
In a similar manner to the way governments like ours in Australia, continue to ignore warnings about the climate crisis coming from scientists, politicians across the globe choose to disregard the overwhelming and mounting evidence that drug prohibition has been...
The Offence of Failing to Vote in an Australian Federal Election
Unless you have been living under a rock over the past several weeks, you’ll know that the Federal Election 2022 is being held nationally tomorrow. The offence of failing to vote in an Australian federal election Voting is compulsory...